tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post5166359010882484685..comments2023-06-23T09:41:17.219-06:00Comments on SmoogeSpace: Saturn BuyerStephen Smoogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026786034163911165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post-60814000791402230402009-06-12T14:57:59.371-06:002009-06-12T14:57:59.371-06:00If you don't want the usual dealership runarou...If you don't want the usual dealership runaround, go through the internet department. A couple of emails to set up a test drive and then signing the paperwork was the extent of my interactions with the dealership, no fuss no muss.<br /><br />Though that was five years ago, they may have wised up by now and no longer give online buyers to the fleet department where they're used to doing business without any haggling.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03807693471800665392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post-9280908728217975232009-06-06T16:48:16.604-06:002009-06-06T16:48:16.604-06:00I am still driving our 1994.. even though it has p...I am still driving our 1994.. even though it has plastic falling off etc. I think it was the whole partnership of building, selling, fixing, and retaining that I found fascinating. It was much like the VW culture I remember as a kid (1960's->1980) where going into a shop was more about the long term relationship than any one sell.<br /><br />Its what I see in the various Linux communities in one form or another. When we live by those goals we seem to grow and be happy... when we forget.. we don't.Stephen Smoogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026786034163911165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post-11054780219281847192009-06-06T15:46:46.014-06:002009-06-06T15:46:46.014-06:00My wife and I bought a 1993 Saturn SL2 (the four-d...My wife and I bought a 1993 Saturn SL2 (the four-door sedan) and loved it. It ran like a tank and we sold it in 2001 (~157K miles) to a friend of mine at work whose teenage daughter needed a car. It ran pretty well for them until around 2007. I loved the no-haggle method, but more than that I loved the fact that the entire culture of their dealership was about making the customer happy. I seem to recall around 1993 or 1994 that they were placing in customer rankings in the Top 5 next to Lexus and Jaguar. I hope that wherever they go next they will be able to refocus on customers in that way.Paul W. Frieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401292912998233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post-63142052930800835222009-06-06T12:05:44.124-06:002009-06-06T12:05:44.124-06:00And the funny thing is that there seems to be some...And the funny thing is that there seems to be some population who LOVE to haggle. I remember a person I worked with long ago saying he hated going into Saturn because they didn't haggle.. <br /><br />Humans are so complicated.Stephen Smoogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026786034163911165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post-33694207402291407512009-06-06T02:48:30.335-06:002009-06-06T02:48:30.335-06:00I seriously thought you were talking about the Seg...I seriously thought you were talking about the Sega Saturn until about half-way through.Oli Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188539368728448045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079308506459446172.post-85369775583832635602009-06-05T18:51:07.454-06:002009-06-05T18:51:07.454-06:00I definitely feel what you are saying.
I'm so...I definitely feel what you are saying.<br /><br />I'm sort of violently ill thinking about going to a non-Saturn dealer again and having to do the haggle ritual.<br /><br />It's weird. Buying a used car off of an owner is a haggle situation as well. But I've never got the same "I'm being toyed with" feeling like I've had at non-Saturn dealers.<br /><br />I'm not looking forward to shopping for a pick-up truck later this year for exactly this reason. <br /><br />-jefJef Spaletahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11439754449677675460noreply@blogger.com